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General Definitions NEBOSH Certificate definitions of commonly used words or phrases. John Johnston, AIIRSM
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General Definitions NEBOSH Certificate definitions of commonly used words or phrases. John Johnston, AIIRSM.

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Page 1: General Definitions NEBOSH Certificate definitions of commonly used words or phrases. John Johnston, AIIRSM.

General Definitions

NEBOSH Certificate definitions of commonly used words or phrases.

John Johnston, AIIRSM

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ACCIDENTS

Undesired and unplanned events which may cause personal injury, damage to property or equipment, or loss of output, or all three.

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DANGEROUS OCCURRENCES These are events or situations that

could harm employees at work in such a way that there is a legal requirement to report them. If something happens which does not result in a major injury, but clearly could have done, it may be classed as a dangerous occurrence.

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NEAR MISSES

These are any form of accident which could result in injury or loss but do not.

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HAZARDS

A situation with the potential to cause harm or danger.

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UNSAFE CONDITIONS

Physical conditions of the workplace which render it unsafe. i.e. unguarded machines, spills.

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UNSAFE ACTS

Practices which human beings perform which are hazardous, i.e. rushing, short cuts, horseplay, drink or drugs abuse within the workplace.

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RISK

The likelihood that the harm from a particular hazard is realised.

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MAGNITUDE OF RISK

Is an estimate of how likely it is that someone would succumb to a particular hazard, with an assessment of the likely severity of injury caused.

LIKELIHOOD X SEVERITY.

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PRACTICABLE

In light of current knowledge and invention, if it is foreseeable to comply, then you must comply, regardless of time money and effort.

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REASONABLY PRACTICABLE Balance the cost of taking action

(in terms of time and effort as well as money) against the risk being considered. The degree of risk against the sacrifice involved.

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TORT/DELICT

A wrongful act or omission causing harm or damage to a person or body corporate which is actionable in common law e.g. - nuisance, negligence, breach of statutory duty.

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Maximum Exposure Limit

Maximum concentration of an airborne substance averaged over a reference period to which employees may be exposed by inhalation under any circumstances.

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Occupational Exposure Standard

Concentration of airborne substances averaged over a reference period at which current knowledge suggests it is unlikely to harm employees exposed by inhalation day after day to that concentration.

NB - Published annually in EH40.

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Attitudes

An attitude is a person’s point of view or way of looking at something, and gives him or her a tendency, readiness or predisposition to act or react in a particular way in a given situation.

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Aptitude

Aptitude refers to an individual’s ability in respect of something - their knowledge and skills, and general ease of learning and understanding, about it.

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Motivation

Motivation is what induces an individual to act the way he or she does. It is a tendency of an individual to take action to achieve a particular goal.

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Display Screen Equipment - DSE

All equipment used in the workplace to display information with which the user interacts in some way.

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Ergonomics

The study of the way people interact with equipment in their working environment with the objective of improving their comfort, safety and productivity.

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Stress

The adverse reaction people have to excessive pressures or other types of demand placed on them.

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A Safety Culture (HSE’s Definition)

The product of individual and group values, attitudes, perceptions, competencies and patterns of behaviour that determine the commitment to, and the style and proficiency of, an organisation’s health and safety management.

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Health and Safety Culture (IOSH Definition)

The health and safety culture of an organisation comprises “the characteristics shared attitudes, values, beliefs and practices of people at work concerning not only the magnitude of risks that they encounter but also the necessity, practicality, and effectiveness of preventative measures”.

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EMPLOYERS’ “DUTY OF CARE”

Exercising reasonable care in order to protect others from the risks of foreseeable injury, health problems or death at work. Identified in the case of Wilson & Clyde Coal Co. Ltd V English (1938).

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EMPLOYERS’ “DUTY OF CARE”

Common law duties were then set to provide and maintain:

Safe place of work, safe means of access/egress

Safe systems of work Safe appliances, equipment and

plant Competent and diligent people -

selection, training and supervision

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THE TORT OF NEGLIGENCE

Breach of common law legal duty of care to exercise reasonable care towards others, resulting in loss, damage or injury. Key defining case - Donoghue V Stevenson (1932).

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Three main points to test for negligence:

Defendant under duty of care to claimant (injured party)

Duty breached Result of breach - claimant

suffered damage or loss

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General Definitions

NEBOSH Certificate definitions of commonly used words or phrases.

John Johnston, AIIRSM

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